Mr. Chair, there’s always an opportunity there for LHOs that want to take this work on themselves. You’ll find in most communities this is a source of summer employment for a lot of people. There are people that have been working on M and I projects for the last 16, 17 years and it’s basically their employment for the year. What they would do, as far as extra money goes, the budget that’s budgeted here, I mean, they’d fit that into their budget. Their money would probably go a lot further than if they were to bring a contractor in, and I think some of the LHOs are recognizing that. So taking on some of the M and I projects themselves. There’s always going to be projects out there that are going to need a little more specialized trade and those ones they’ll bring in, but communities are very good at identifying what work that they’re able to do and what their capacity is. I know communities that have 16, 17 guys working for the summer doing these M and I projects. So the opportunity is always there for the communities to take this work on themselves. Thank you.
Robert C. McLeod on Committee Motion 28-16(4): Reinstatement Of Community Liaison Officer, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on February 12th, 2010. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 28-16(4): Reinstatement Of Community Liaison Officer, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 11th, 2010
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